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Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

R 0 T N B V N I WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ELISHA S. OHAPELLE, OF PEMBROKE, .MAINE.

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' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,262, dated October 9, 1883.

Application filed March 15, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELISHA S. CIIAPELLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pembroke, in the county of Washington and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Toy, of which the following is a specification,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to toys of that class which comprise a ball or roller that is arranged to wind up a cord as the latter is drawn toward the person using the toy, and it has ball or roller that is mainly cylindrical in form, and is provided with a straight middle portion, B, on which it is adapted to roll, and has its ends rounded in convex or hemispherical form, as shown at C, so that the axis of the roller assumes a horizontal plane by always resting on its straight central portion, B, when carelessly thrown on the ground. This central portion, B, is formed with a circumferentnl groove, D, and a cord, E, is secured to stem F, that connects the two portions of the roller that are formed by the groove D, and is adapted to wind in the latter.

The operation of my improved toy is very simple. The roller is simply thrown to the floor and the end of the cord is retained in the hand. No matter what part of the roller strikes the floor, it will at once assume ahorizontal position, resting on its central portion, B, by reason of the convex ends. Then when ways he in a horizontal plane, and wabbling' of the roller while it is winding up the cord is obviated.

I claim as my invention 1. As an improvement in toys, the combination, with a cylindrical roller having a circumferential groove, of a cord secured at the bottom of the said groove to the roller and arinertia of the roller after it has been started by pulling the cord, as set forth.

2. As an improvement in toys, the combination, with a cylindrical roller having its ends rounded in convex or hemispherical form, so that its axis will always be in a horizontal plane, and provided with a centrallyarranged circumferential groove, of a cord" secured to the roller at the bottom of the groove, and adapted to wind in the same by operation of the roller, as set forth.

3. As an improvement in toys, a ball or roller comprising two sections united bya stem, so that a space or groove is formed between the ends or sections, each of which latter c011- sists of a middle or inner straight portion and an end curved in convex or hemispherical form, and a cord being secured to the intermediate stem, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELISHA S. GHAPELLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. CLARK, WM. K. Hn'ron.

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